The Blindness of Youth

The Blindness of Youth

1917 · ★ 9.0

"A charming story of a young society girl and the pathetic love of a youth..." Considered a lost film.

Directed by Louis Mercanton · Written by Marcel L'Herbier

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A jealous American, Mr Stevenson, travels to France with his very pretty young wife Kitty. He tries all sorts of subterfuges so that the charming young woman does not attract the attention of men. But she did not escape the gaze of a certain Robert Perceval.

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Miarka, la fille à l'ourse

Miarka, la fille à l'ourse · 1920

Miarka, la fille à l'ourse

Miarka is to marry a gypsy chief - whereabouts unknown. She and her tame bear live upon the estate of an old gentleman who tolerates them because of his interest in gypsies, and more particularly because he has a gypsy document which he cannot decipher. One day, the gardener, who is in love with Miarka, robs the master and sets fire to the home, making it appear that she is the guilty one.

Let's Get Married

Let's Get Married · 1931

Let's Get Married

MovieComedyDrama

Gisèle accidentally marries her stalker when she thinks she is signing a hotel register in a foreign country.

Infatuation

Infatuation · 1918

Flora Nys, a poor flower girl of Paris faces hard times. Her rent overdue, Le Baron, the landlord, oppresses her and puts before her a shady proposition. Indignantly she orders him out of her room. When she takes up her flowers, preparatory to going forth to sell them, she discovers that Le Baron has trampled on them. Tempted by her poverty she steals a fur in a department store.

The Nipper

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A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.

Man of Mayfair

Man of Mayfair · 1931

MovieComedyMusic

'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)

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Her Wedding Night

Her Wedding Night · 1931

Her Wedding Night

MovieDramaComedy

An American movie star vacationing in France gets mixed up with a songwriter, mistaken identity, and winds up married to someone she doesn't know. Spanish language version of the 1930 Clara Bow film "Her Wedding Night."

Phroso

MovieDramaAdventure

An Englishman, Lord Wheatley, purchases an island over which reigns the supremely beautiful Phroso, thus disposessing her of her land. Revolted, the islanders, supported by an adventurer who desires Phroso, rise against the new master. The English are saved by the British governor, also under the spell of gorgeous Phroso. The latter, for her part, is not wholly insensitive to Lord Wheatley's distinction. The imbroglio still worsens with the meddling of a dark horse : the neighboring sultan.

Gosse de riche

Gosse de riche · 1920

Vénus

MovieRomanceComedy

A Princess learns that the captain of a ship she owns has struck a passenger, indirectly causing the passenger's death. The Captain is immediately sacked without realising that his action was in defence of her honour. Later, in Cyprus, the Princess meets a handsome man and they're mutually attracted. Only when he expresses contempt for the name of Princess Beatrice Doriani for costing him his job does she realise that this is the same Captain whom she had sacked.

He Is Charming

He Is Charming · 1932

MovieMusicComedy

A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.

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